Pot Restrict Omaha occasions made up 20% of the 2024 World Sequence of Poker Europe schedule, and the third and ultimate four-card fiesta has wrapped up inside King’s Resort, Rozvadov.
Dennis Weiss claimed the third and ultimate PLO bracelet in Occasion #6: €5,000 Pot Restrict Omaha, and adopted within the footsteps of Volodymyr Kokoulin and Vivian Saliba, who triumphed within the €500 and €2,000 buy-in editions.
Germany’s Weiss bested a star-studded area of 141 Omaha lovers for his first WSOP bracelet alongside the €159,897 first-place prize from the €629,565 prize pool after defeating his copatriot Amir Mozaffarian in heads-up play. The victory marked Weiss’s greatest profession rating by tenfold and boosts the PLO specialist’s lifetime event earnings to over $200,000.
Second-place finisher Mozaffarian must accept €103,092 to line his pockets, whereas Nikola Minkov of Bulgaria, who added €68,791 to his bankroll, took the ultimate podium place.
Occasion #6: €5,000 Pot Restrict Omaha Closing Desk Outcomes
| Place | Participant | Nation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Weiss | Germany | €159,897 |
| 2 | Amir Mozaffarian | Germany | €103,092 |
| 3 | Nikola Minkov | Bulgaria | €68,791 |
| 4 | Victor Dota | Romania | €47,566 |
| 5 | Jonas Kronwitter | Germany | €34,126 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Magott | Poland | €25,440 |
| 7 | Vazha Kometiani | Georgia | €19,736 |
| 8 | Vakhtang Javakhishvili | Georgia | €15,960 |
“Two Playing cards Simply Aren’t Sufficient”
Weiss stated he hadn’t fairly processed the truth that he had gained a bracelet and achieved a purpose he had been hoping for.
“I simply have not processed it but I believe. In fact I am good, I am nice, I am glad. It was a purpose I actually needed to realize and I’m wanting ahead the following one.”
The German stated he largely performs PLO or 5-card Omaha however does attempt to bounce into blended video games when he will get the possibility.
“I largely play PLO, largely 5-card. I like blended video games, so if I get an opportunity to play another blended video games, I at all times prefer it on the WSOP, for instance. Nevertheless, I’ve by no means been actually profitable, so it is good to lastly get one thing.”
Weiss spoke about his plans for the remainder of his time right here on the WSOP Europe. He stated, “I do not suppose there’s rather more happening. I do not play maintain’em like in any respect, two playing cards simply aren’t sufficient.”
Closing Day Motion
When the 38 survivors from Day 1 returned to the felt this afternoon, they had been all inside hanging distance of the €10,506 min-cash. It took solely 90 minutes of play for the sphere to whittle right down to hand-for-hand, with the likes of two-time bracelet winner Maximilian Klostermeier, Gabi Livshitz, Dario Alioto, and Tomas Ribeiro making their approach to the rail empty-handed.
Of the 23 gamers remaining, yet another would depart with nothing. Hand-for-hand lasted for 24 arms earlier than the defending champion Wing Po Liu, would in the end be the one to bust. Liu received it in good with high set, however a coronary heart on the river gave Weiss the nut flush. Whereas it was heartbreak for Liu, it was a aid for the remainder of the sphere, who had formally made it into the cash.
With everybody having earned some euros for his or her laborious work, the sphere shortly started to skinny. WSOPE Most important Occasion champion Omar Eljach and notables like Lars Brodin, Markus Lehner, Hokyiu Lee had been among the many first to vacate the event space post-bubble alongside event PLO first-timer Sebastian Mortensen.
Andreas Krause had already made a ultimate desk this collection, however it wasn’t meant to be this time. The German, who had been grinding a brief stack all day, fell only one place in need of his second ultimate desk, ending in tenth by the hands of Kronwitter.
The ultimate desk started with Weiss because the chip chief, although Jonas Kronwitter was shut behind. Weiss prolonged his lead even additional after flopping a straight and extracting three streets of worth from Kronwitter.
Inside the first orbit of play, Bulgaria’s Fahredin Mustafov was the primary to exit in ninth, working his kings into the aces of Weiss. Not lengthy after, Vakhtang Javakhishvili of Georgia adopted in eighth place, unable to crack Minkov’s aces when he went all-in preflop.
The opposite Georgian remaining within the area, Vazha Kometiani busted subsequent when he received his brief stack into the center preflop with kings, however an unfavorable runout noticed Mozaffarian ship him dwelling in seventh. Poland’sKrzysztof Magott managed to ladder up a couple of pay jumps however in the end needed to accept sixth.
Regardless of coming into the ultimate desk second in chips with a wholesome stack, Kronwitter was the following to go to the cashier’s desk, ending in fifth. His unlucky seat place towards Weiss stored him handcuffed from the beginning of the ultimate desk. Finally, the playing cards didn’t favor Kronwitter both, as his ultimate hand noticed him run into the aces of Mozaffarian.
Ending simply shy of a podium ending was Romania’s Victor Dota by the hands of Mozaffarian. Minkov took the bronze after he received it in good with aces, just for Weiss to show journeys and ship him out the door in third which meant the beginning of heads-up play.
When heads-up play started, Weiss held a 2:1 chip lead over his countryman and shortly prolonged it to eight:1 because of his relentless aggression. After simply twenty minutes, Weiss received his probability to clinch the title as Mozaffarian put the final of his chips into the center on the flop behind. A clear flip and river for Weiss ensured there could be no miracle comeback for Mozaffarian, and Weiss turned the well-deserved proprietor of a WSOP bracelet.
